MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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